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Robot (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by toynbee@piefed.social to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world
 

I was just reading a book which said that "robot" came from a Czech word meaning "serf." I was curious whether that was true and so looked it up. Looks like it's not 100% accurate but pretty close.

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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Is Zoidberg pronouncing Robut/Robet like a Yiddish person or using actual Czech?